Rika

Rika
Information
Gender	Female
Region	Paldea
Occupation	Elite Four
Appears in	Generation IX
Debut	Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet
Other information
Specialist type	Ground
Rank	First
In other languages
Japanese	Name チリ Official Chili Literal Chiri
Japanese	Name チリ Official Chili Literal Chiri
English	Name Rika
English	Name Rika

Rika is a character appearing in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, who is an Elite Four member of the Paldea region, specializing in Ground types.

Appearance

Rika is a young slender woman with long green hair in a low ponytail and red eyes. For clothing, she wears a gray button-up shirt, a black necktie, black pants with suspenders, brown shoes and matching black gloves. She wears a ear piercing and earrings and is shown wearing glasses when she is working under Geeta.

Her preference for Ground types is reflected by her green hair resembling grass, and her brown clothing representing the soil itself. Her distinctly wide eyes further reflects her grounded nature.

Personality

Rika has a very laid-back and down-to-earth personality, hence her Ground-type specialty. She frequently uses slang in her speech, using "kiddo" as a nickname for the player. When she is working as an interviewer and an Elite Four member, she is more professional and serious, though some of her laid-back personality still leaks through at times.

Despite her normally laid back nature, she does shown levels of impatience like when Poppy incorrectly used an idiom to explain her loss and when Larry (constantly) refuses to speak loud enough to allow Hassel in, but this seems to be more out of just wanting to keep moving at her own pace like how the Earth never stops rotating.

Etymology

Rika's name may come from 陸 (riku, Japanese for "land"), and the spice "paprika".

Her Japanese name, Chiri, may come from 地 (chi, Japanese for "earth"), as well as the plant "chili" (which resembles her ponytail).

Pokémon

Elite Four Battle

Trainer
Rika
				Poké Balls	—
				Items	—
Whiscash				Camerupt
Base article	Type	Water /  Ground		Base article	Type	Fire /  Ground
	Tera Type	None			Tera Type	None
	Gender	Male			Gender	Female
	Level	57			Level	57
	Ability	Oblivious			Ability	Magma Armor
	Item	None			Item	None
	Moves	Muddy Water	Earth Power		Moves	Earth Power	Fire Blast
		Blizzard	Future Sight			Flash Cannon	Yawn
Donphan				Dugtrio
Base article	Type	Ground		Base article	Type	Ground
	Tera Type	None			Tera Type	None
	Gender	Female			Gender	Male
	Level	57			Level	57
	Ability	Sturdy			Ability	Sand Veil
	Item	None			Item	None
	Moves	Earthquake	Stone Edge		Moves	Earthquake	Rock Slide
		Iron Head	Poison Jab			Sucker Punch	Sandstorm
Clodsire
Base article	Type	Poison /  Ground
	Tera Type	Ground
	Gender	Male
	Level	58
	Ability	Water Absorb
	Item	None
	Moves	Earthquake	Liquidation
		Toxic	Protect

League Club Rematch

Trainer
Rika
				Poké Balls	—
				Items	—
Dugtrio				Whiscash
Base article	Type	Ground		Base article	Type	Water /  Ground
	Tera Type	None			Tera Type	None
	Gender	Male			Gender	Male
	Level	82			Level	82
	Ability	Sand Veil			Ability	Oblivious
	Item	None			Item	None
	Moves	Earthquake	Rock Slide		Moves	Muddy Water	Earth Power
		Sucker Punch	Sandstorm			Ice Beam	Stealth Rock
Camerupt				Torterra
Base article	Type	Fire /  Ground		Base article	Type	Grass /  Ground
	Tera Type	None			Tera Type	None
	Gender	Female			Gender	Female
	Level	82			Level	82
	Ability	Magma Armor			Ability	Shell Armor
	Item	None			Item	None
	Moves	Earth Power	Lava Plume		Moves	Earthquake	Iron Head
		Flash Cannon	Yawn			Seed Bomb	Body Press
Donphan				Clodsire
Base article	Type	Ground		Base article	Type	Poison /  Ground
	Tera Type	None			Tera Type	Ground
	Gender	Male			Gender	Male
	Level	82			Level	83
	Ability	Sturdy			Ability	Water Absorb
	Item	None			Item	None
	Moves	Earthquake	Stone Edge		Moves	Earthquake	Liquidation
		Iron Head	Poison Jab			Toxic	Protect

Trivia

• Rika's Japanese name is the same as Chili's English name.
• In Japanese, Rika speaks in the Kansai dialect, and refers to herself in the third-person.
• In Italian, she speaks in the Romanesco dialect.

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